A baker, a construction worker and a paramedic recount how they cope under a B.C. heat wave.
The 2021 heat dome killed 619 British Columbians while the November floods that followed caused at least $9 billion in damages.
So when she was asked to help train foreign temporary workers in how to respond to a medical emergency, she jumped at the opportunity. More than a year later, the heat has returned, on Friday triggering heat warnings in 33 regions across B.C. — and begging the question, how are workers coping? “It’s constant production,” he says. “What I really want is to drink water, because I feel dehydrated.”
At work, he says the high temperatures bring out the worst in people. It makes them agitated, quick to anger. Another older colleague remembers the 2021 heat wave. To try to get relief, they placed two fans a couple of metres from their backs. That's when the older worker felt pains shoot through his back. His body, made sensitive from the heat, couldn’t take the shock.Part of him wants his bosses to make the same call as other bakeries around the city — to shut down.
Now, instead of designing T-shirts and hats, Muñoz Sanchez works on a two-year temporary visa, in charge of grinding the outside of dozens of balconies that make up the facade of a growing urban metropolis. But COVID-19 precautions are still a thing, and when he responds to nine calls over the next 14 hours, there’s a good chance many of them will involve a lot of personal protection equipment.
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